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In today's age of fast travel, the world seems a smaller place—and to some people, a less exciting place. Fifty years ago only a few English people and holidays abroad, people who didn't travel thought of other countries as very far away and different. For example, people thought the French all eat garlic（大蒜）, the Italians all eat spaghetti（细条实心面）, and the Americans all drink Coca Cola.
These definite（明确的）ideas of other nationalities are called stereotypes（陈规老套）. But do we have the same stereotypes today? People travel more, we all watch the same TV programmes, and ideas travel quickly too. Nowadays everyone eats garlic and spaghetti and drinks Coca Cola. Everyone listens to the same music, wears the same fashions（流行式样）, buys the same cars. They just do it in a different language!
21.Now the world seems to be ______ exciting.
A.bigger and more B.smaller and more
C.smaller and less D.bigger and less
22.People thought of other countries as ______.
A.near and different
B.near and the same
C.remote（遥远的）and very different
D.remote and the same
23.We don't have the same stereotypes because people ______.
A.travel more
B.watch the same TV programmes
C.watch different TV programmes
D.travel more and watch the same TV programmes
24.The best title for this passage would be ______.
A.A Big World B.A Small World
C.An Exacting World D.An Interesting World
